19-Year-Old Lured, Beaten, Drowns in Canal
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The victim's grandmother was shocked to learn her 19-year-old grandson had been lured by a young woman, then ambushed and beaten by a group of teenagers, causing him to fall into Canal 17 where he drowned after attempting to swim to safety. Rescue operations lasted more than three hours.
At 02:55 on November 1, 2026, Lieutenant Suphachai Nimsa-ad, deputy investigator at Chimpli Police Station, received a report of a body found in Canal 17 in Moo 6, Don Chimpli subdistrict, Bang Nam Priao district, Chachoengsao province. Earlier, Chachoengsao rescue workers had conducted an extensive search by land and boat throughout the night after the young man, later identified as 19-year-old Thanachok (surname withheld), went missing in the water near the Darul Muttaqin Mosque in the same area.
According to preliminary information from rescue workers, before the incident a group of local teenagers in Moo 6 had arranged to meet Thanachok there. They then chased and assaulted him, prompting him to flee and accidentally fall into Canal 17. He tried to swim to the opposite bank but could not reach it and disappeared underwater.
Rescue teams and divers searched in darkness while many relatives and villagers waited anxiously. Around 02:55, rescuers located Thanachok's body submerged near the opposite bank after more than three hours of searching.
The victim's grandmother, 59-year-old Prathum (surname withheld), said friends told her that before the incident Thanachok had been contacted by a young woman claiming to be the girlfriend of someone named "Bel." She said she could not get home and asked him to pick her up at the location. Upon arrival, he found a group of teenagers lurking nearby. They attacked him, kicking and punching his face and mouth, forcing him to run for his life.
The family learned of the incident around 20:30 and began searching, but initially found no trace of him. An on-duty doctor at Bang Nam Priao Hospital examined the body and found no wounds from weapons. The body was then transferred to the Maharaj Nakorn Nayok Hospital in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province, for a detailed autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Police are currently gathering witness statements and evidence, and are urgently tracking down the suspects involved to proceed with legal action.
